Melissa Bachman is the main antagonist of the 2013 Steve Cutts short film What a Hunt!. She is a parody of the real life hunter Melissa Bachman who goes around killing Disney animals and takes their photos.
Biography[]
The short starts with the opening to The Lion King, Mufasa is on the edge of the cliff while music plays, suddenly it is all interrupted by Melissa jumping out and shooting Mufasa, killing him.
Melissa goes on to kill several other cartoon animals including Baloo from The Jungle Book who she shot in the neck while he was playing with Mowgli, Bugs Bunny who she shot in the head while he was eating a carrot, Tony the Tiger who she shot in chest when he was on a cereal box, and Timon and Pumbaa while dancing by shooting both of them. Taking a picture while smiling after each kill.
At the end of the short she is about to kill Winnie the Pooh when she is suddenly ambushed by all of the animals holding guns. They all shoot at her, leaving only her feet left.
Appearance[]
Melissa looks almost identical (if not slightly exaggerated) to her real life counterpart. She wears camouflage pants and a green tank top. She wear her brown hair in a ponytail and has a necklace made of sharp teeth. She is almost always seen with incredibly bent legs and a large white smile.
List of Victims[]
Murdered[]
- Lion King
- Yogi Bear
- Boo-Boo Bear
- Bugs Bunny
- Baloo
- Tony The Tiger
- Pumba
- Timon
- Winnie The Pooh (Attempted Murder)
Gallery[]
Images[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The video was inspired by the media coverage of Melissa Bachman hunting in South Africa.